A system useful for managing digital video recording of alternative event data during a blackout of primary event data at a client device, the system including but not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program further comprising instructions to receive input data scheduling a digital video recording for the primary event data; instructions to receive at the client device, notification data indicating blackout of the primary event data; and instructions to present alternative event data for recording on the client device.
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer program instructions data, the computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, that when executed by a computer, manage digital video recording of alternative event data during a blackout of primary event data at a client device, the computer program further comprising: instructions to receive input data scheduling a digital video recording for the primary event data; instructions to receive at the client device, notification data indicating blackout of the primary event data; instructions to present alternative event data at the client device indicating alternative event data available for recording on the client device during the blackout event; instructions to receive notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for the event; instructions to proceed with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; instructions to graphically present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device; and instructions to aurally present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device.
2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the notification data is received at the client device from a blackout management system, the computer program further comprising: instructions to receive substitution event table data wherein the alternative event data is based on retune locations indicated in the substitution event table data; and instructions to receive user input data indicating selection of an alternative program indicated by the alternative program data and recording the alternative program data indicated by the user input data during the blackout of the primary program data.
3. The medium of claim 2 , the computer program further comprising instructions to perform default digital video recording behavior when no user input data is received, wherein the default digital video recording behavior further comprises recording the alternative program data when sufficient storage is available to store the alternative program data on a digital video recorder at the client device.
4. The medium of claim 1 , the computer program further comprising instructions to store client digital video recording activity data for the client device to create a user digital video recording data profile for the client device.
5. The medium of claim 4 , the computer program further comprising instructions to record the alternative program data when the alternative program data type correlates with the user digital video recording profile.
6. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a computer program comprising instructions that when executed by a computer monitoring digital video recording at a client device for a blackout of a primary event in a data distribution system, the computer program comprising: instructions to configure at the data distribution system, blackout event data indicating at least one event criterion data for selecting client devices subject to the blackout event for receiving restricted content data; instructions to configure in a blackout management system at the data distribution system, client devices into a client device group subject to the blackout event in accordance with the event criterion data; instructions to configure in the blackout management system at the data distribution system, at least one substitution event data table for the client device group; instructions to send notification data to client devices in the client device group indicating that the primary event is subject to a blackout; instructions to send from a blackout management system in the data distribution system, restricted content data and the substitution event data table embedded in the restricted content data to each client device in the client device group; instructions to receive from the client devices in the client device group, digital video recording data indicating digital video recording activity at the client devices in the client device group; and instructions to receive notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for the events; instructions to proceed with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; instructions to graphically present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the clients device; and instructions to aurally present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device.
7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the digital video recording activity data is selected from the group of data consisting of event start time data, event end time data, and event name data.
8. The medium of claim 6 , the computer program further comprising instructions to receive at the blackout management system, digital video recording activity data from at least one of the client devices in the client device group; and instructions to correlate at the Blackout Management system, the digital video recording activity data to create a digital video recording profile for the client devices.
9. A system useful for managing digital video recording of alternative event data during a blackout of primary event data at a client device, the system comprising: a processor in data communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium; and a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program further comprising: instructions to receive input data scheduling a digital video recording for the primary event data; instructions to receive at the client device from a blackout management system, notification data indicating blackout of the primary event data; and instructions to present alternative event data for recording on the client device; and instructions to receive notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for the events; instructions to proceed with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; instructions to graphically present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the clients device; and instructions to aurally present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device.
10. The system of claim 9 , the computer program further comprising instructions to receive substitution event table data wherein the alternative event data is based on retune locations indicated in the substitution event table data; and instructions to receive user input data indicating selection of an alternative program indicated by the alternative program data and recording the alternative program data indicated by the user input data during the blackout of the primary program data.
11. The system of claim 10 , the computer program further comprising instructions to perform default digital video recording behavior when no user input data is received, wherein the default digital video recording behavior further comprises recording the alternative program data when sufficient storage is available to store the alternative program data on a digital video recorder at the client device.
12. The system of claim 9 , the computer program further comprising instructions to store client digital video recording activity data for the client device to create a user digital video recording data profile for the client device.
13. The system of claim 12 , the computer program further comprising instructions to record the alternative program data when the alternative program data type correlates with the user digital video recording profile.
14. A system useful for monitoring digital video recording at a client device for a blackout of a primary event in a data distribution system, the system comprising: a processor in data communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium; and a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the a computer perform a computer program for configuring blackout event data, the computer program comprising: instructions to configure at the data distribution system, blackout event data indicating at least one event criterion data for selecting client devices subject to the blackout event for receiving restricted content data; instructions to configure in a blackout management system at the data distribution system, client devices into a client device group subject to the blackout event in accordance with the event criterion data; instructions to configure in the blackout management system at the data distribution system, at least one substitution event data table for the client device group; instructions to send notification data to client devices in the client device group indicating that the primary event is subject to a blackout; instructions to send from a Blackout Management system in the data distribution system, restricted content data and the substitution event data table embedded in the restricted content data to each client device in the client device group; and instructions to receive from the client devices in the client device group, digital video recording data indicating digital video recording activity at the client devices in the client device group; and instructions to receive notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for the events; instructions to proceed with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; instructions to graphically present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the clients device; and instructions to aurally present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the digital video recording activity data is selected from the group of data consisting of event start time data, event end time data, and event name data.
16. The system of claim 14 , the computer program further comprising instructions to receive at the blackout management system, digital video recording activity data from at least one of the client devices in the client device group; and instructions to correlate at the blackout management system, the digital video recording activity data to create a digital video recording profile for the client devices.
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